where East meets West

Tag: Life Experience

“Oh, hey, you are my suite-mate!” was the first sentence to the first friend I met at Timmer dorm in Kuyper College premises. 11 years have passed and we have been there for each other at different stages of our lives. There are some friends with whom many days, several months or years will have passed between conversations, but at every encounter, it will have … Continue reading I Bet You Don’t Have a Friend Like Mine!

On this day, we were in Nepal 3 years ago. The last time we were in Nepal was when we only had Mr. P back in 2008. But, this was after having all our three kids. That year in 2014, we decided to fly our kids to Nepal so that we could formally introduce them to their grandparents and cousins. I had blogged about our … Continue reading KTM Zoo Adventure 2014

“Son, we had everything the other day; today we have nothing.” This is the first thing my dad said when I first got hold of him after the second day of the earthquake. There was a long silence from both ends. Continue reading Homeless in Their Seventies…

Upon our arrival at the airport, I went to check with one of the airlines representatives for any possibility that we can change our flight to 8:55 am or 11 am next morning instead of 12:55 pm. We had 18:55 hours layover in the transit. A woman behind the counter responded instantaneously to my request and said that I would have to pay in order to … Continue reading Nepalese Around the Globe: Doha, Qatar (Part II)

Answering your child’s peculiar questions can be pretty daunting task sometimes. In the midst of our conversation the other day, I told my sons that once they go visit their grandparents in Nepal, they have to learn to live without power (electricity). They won’t see light most part of the day, as blackouts are quite frequent and have become a part of life. I showed my … Continue reading Poor Grandparents Don’t Have Driveway!

Watching tornado chasers in television always enthused me. They seemed to be crazily adventurous people who drive after tornado and shot video clips putting their lives in danger. However, they have found joy and their purpose in their lives doing so. For me as a spectator, it never made complete sense of it. It still does not. Last night, we had an EF1 tornado that … Continue reading Scary Moments Staying Behind the Wheels During Tornado

This is the first time ever that the car I was riding in slid like this. Our car uncontrollably danced on the freeway before it went to the ditch in just a blink of our eyes. Picture below, we can see how much we skidded from the road. Fortunately, there was no vehicle coming behind while few other vehicles were at the safe distance. Maybe 200 … Continue reading One Last-Ditch Effort to Get on the Road

Yes, this is my very own old pair of shoes. There is nothing special about this shoes. Nonetheless, there are lots of memories that take me aback to my past rugged years. I cannot write all those things… I will get quite emotional since they are very personal. But I want to let you know that we should not judge people from their outlook. What appears … Continue reading You Can’t Really Know a Man until You Walk a Mile in His Shoes